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Research grants

CVS attracts ~£10M of external peer-reviewed grants each year, principally from Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation, Medical Research Council and Scottish Chief Scientist Office. A number of members hold prestigious external fellowships.

Funding body Title Start date End date Amount
1 National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research Development of urinary exosomes as biomarkers of drug-induced kidney injury. 01/10/2013 30/09/2016 90000
2 British Heart Foundation BHF UK Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine Centre 01/10/2013 30/09/2017 2500000
3 British Heart Foundation Macrophage regulation of the pro--hypertensive and pro-inflammatory effects of endothelin-1 30/09/2013 29/09/2017 757149
4 British Heart Foundation Paracetamol treatment in hypertension: effect on blood pressure (PATH-BP) study 01/09/2013 31/08/2016 142908
5 Medical Research Council Mechanisms underlying the transmission of programming effects 01/08/2013 31/07/2016 562789
6 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - BBSRC Epigenetic Landscape Global Nuclear Positioning Tools 01/06/2013 31/05/2014 145829
7 Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine Role of endocannabinoids in pig and human organophosphorus pesticide poisoning 21/05/2013 20/07/2013 2000
8 MRC Confidence in Concept Mass Spectrometric Imaging of steroidal biomarkers predicting adverse outcomes of hormone sensitive tumours of the breast 18/05/2013 17/05/2014 100000
9 Cancer Research UK Phase 2 randomised trial of early versus delayed future care planning for patients with advanced heart disease. 01/05/2013 31/10/2014 88533
10 British Heart Foundation From flies to humans: using drosophila genetics to study cardiovascular physiology 01/05/2013 30/04/2017 424903
11 Chief Scientist Office Investigation of the long-term effects of intrauterine exposure to Maternal Diabetes: A Record Linkage Study 01/05/2013 31/10/2013 5441
12 Medical Research Council Regulation of brown adipose tissue activity in humans by glucocorticoids 01/03/2013 28/02/2017 1414506
13 Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation Extra-cellular exosomal microRNA : a potential new class of urinary biomarker for diabetic kidney disease 01/02/2013 31/01/2015 16125
14 Chief Scientist Office Dissecting the pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease 01/02/2013 31/01/2014 92020
15 Society for Endocrinology Tissue-specific control of endogenous glucocorticoid action by the transmembrane ABC transporter, multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1, ABCC1) 01/02/2013 31/01/2014 9960
16 University of Glasgow Translating human embryonic stem cell derived endothelial cell therapy to the clinic 01/01/2013 31/01/2016 358309
17 Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland Role of 18F-Fluoride Imaging as a Novel Marker of Plaque Instability - The MICA Study (Molecular Imaging in Carotid Atherosclerosis 01/01/2013 31/07/2014 50722
18 Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland Metabolic Imaging in Carotid, Atherosclerosis (MICA Study) 01/12/2012 31/07/2014 50722
19 NHS Lothian Additional EMPIRE funds for additional volunteers 01/12/2012 30/11/2013 14145
20 Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation Scottish Computed Tomography of the HEART (SCOTHEART) Trial 01/11/2012 30/04/2014 50000